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About the Course

This is the second course in the Google Project Management Certificate program. This course will show you how to set a project up for success in the first phase of the project life cycle: the project initiation phase. In exploring the key components of this phase, you’ll learn how to define and manage project goals, deliverables, scope, and success criteria. You’ll discover how to use tools and templates like stakeholder analysis grids and project charters to help you set project expectations and communicate roles and responsibilities. Current Google project managers will continue to instruct and provide you with hands-on approaches for accomplishing these tasks while showing you the best project management tools and resources for the job at hand. Learners who complete this program should be equipped to apply for introductory-level jobs as project managers. No previous experience is necessary. By the end of this course, you will be able to: - Understand the significance of the project initiation phase of the project life cycle. - Describe the key components of the project initiation phase. - Determine a project’s benefits and costs. - Define and create measurable project goals and deliverables. - Define project scope and differentiate among tasks that are in-scope and out-of-scope. - Understand how to manage scope creep to avoid impacting project goals. - Define and measure a project’s success criteria. - Complete a stakeholder analysis and explain its significance. - Utilize RACI charts to define and communicate project team member responsibilities. - Understand the key components of project charters and develop a project charter for project initiation. - Evaluate various project management tools to meet project needs....

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GK

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This is a good course offered by Google via Coursera. More examples based on real life secanrio and day to day activties need to be included for better understanding of people from all industries.

JH

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Very informative. This course allows you to view how a project charter is created then gives you the opportunity to do it yourself. It also introduces an array of tools to help manage a project.

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By Ranasinghe A B E R

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Aug 5, 2023

Project initiate phase is best practice in this course. I have learned how to make project plane and scope after make them documentation. Every lessons followed well done and taught good learning method.

By Venkateswara R B

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Oct 21, 2022

This course gives us very insighful information about the project initiation and documents need to be prepared for the next stage and also about the tools can be useful in Project Management Life Cycle.

By MBAH O C

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Oct 25, 2022

The tutor was quite good. She explained all the concepts pretty well. The assignments were a lot but I enjoyed them because they further aided my understanding of how to start off a successful project.

By Noor E M E

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May 20, 2023

I would totally recommend it to anyone who is interested in the subject, professional content, to the point, well organized and veri interactive with the learner.

really thankful for having this course.

By Tatiana P

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Jan 17, 2023

I really enjoyed the course, while i work in project management for many years it helped to formalize the knowledge and also brought few new things important for project management I havent used before

By Ale M

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Aug 29, 2022

This course provides a clear overview of what is required to manage the start-up of a project. I enjoyed the activities very much. I find the templates for developing project documentation very useful.

By Dineo P

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Jun 3, 2022

I genuinely enjoyed how you made the concepts easy to understand by relating them to every-day-life "events". You turned a big mountain in to little rocks that could be moved.

Thank you, Google Team!

By Emmanuel O

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Dec 23, 2021

Awesome course, the information learned in this course are insightful and will help you start a great career as a project manager. More so, the instructor so far are simply the best i have come across.

By Subash P

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Jan 24, 2024

Although I took this course first before the foundation of project management I found I have known many terms in my real life so eager to start to learn more in-depth qualities of project management.

By Geoffrey K

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Dec 29, 2023

This project management course exceeded my expectations! Engaging content, clear explanations, and practical insights made learning a complex subject enjoyable and applicable. Highly recommended!

By Emem A

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Feb 7, 2023

This course is so encompassing. The delivery is second to none! You're able to followthe instructor step bystep grasping the very foundations of starting a successful project. Thanks coursera!

By S.A. L

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Jul 11, 2023

Excellent material. Altought basic is a very good start for every aspiring Project manger. The material is really focused on the exact knowledge needed to form a impressive start to your career.

By Carlos A A

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Jun 24, 2023

Excelente curso, te explica a detalle los pasos y herramientas que necesitas para la iniciación de tu proyecto, así como el seguimiento que se le debe dar y la preocupación por los stakeholders.

By Janice H

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May 28, 2022

Me encanta que han tocado temas que a pesar que lo veo en la vida cotidiana. No los analizo o pongo en practica a profundidad. Cada Curso que voy avanzando me abre la mente de manera inesperada.

By Mohamed C

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Mar 8, 2024

Thank you all for this great course and the great learning experience. The best learning experience for me so far. Rich content, structured course, well presented and a seamless user interface.

By Rany F R R

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Nov 6, 2023

Good course, with necessary and updated concepts and approaches in project management that apply to all types and that in any case I recommend it to specialists and professionals in this field.

By Tijuana R

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Apr 24, 2023

I learned a lot about the initial phases of project management and the intricacies of jumpstarting a project. I liked being introduced to project management software that I was unfamiliar with.

By Burgeon D

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Dec 2, 2022

I learnt so much. The course design helps us sharpen our theoretical knowledge and ensures we approach problems practically as well. It brought so much clarity for me. I would recommend this.

By Ricardo C

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Sep 29, 2022

Excelente curso! paso a paso te van enseñando desde cero y puedes aplicar todo de manera inmediata ya sea en la vida diaria o en el trabajo. Estoy muy agradecirdo con el curso. Muchas gracias.

By Maryory G

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May 31, 2021

I have been working with oil projects for 17 years and the way that is explained in this course is magistral, they describe cpmplex concepts in a simple language. Simple and dinamic. I love it

By Barbara S

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Jun 20, 2023

This course was very comprehensive, providing a solid foundation for understanding what is required to initiate a project, including the tools and resources to accomplish this. Great course!

By Priya R

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May 26, 2024

The material covered in this course was really good; I learned a lot of new concepts. I only wish there was more opportunity to work on the activities and then to breakdown the Dos and Donts.

By José G P

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Jan 4, 2023

Excelente Curso: sencillo de entender, resolucion de casos prácticos para permitirte interactuar con la realidad, videos muy explicativos realizados por excelente s profesores, lo recomiendo.

By Kushagra S

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May 18, 2022

The course was designed for beginner to advanced level students. The instructor was so good and her method of teaching was very elaborative and detailed. It was so much fun learning from her.

By Mochammad R

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Dec 20, 2021

Good and well put together course, I particularly enjoy the hands-on activities. I look forward to completing the next courses, thank you Google and Coursera for making this course available.